'Carrick bend' definitions:
Definition of 'carrick bend'
From: WordNet
noun
A knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
Definition of 'Carrick bend'
From: GCIDE
- Carrick \Car"rick\, n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. [1913 Webster]
- Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.
- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. --Totten. [1913 Webster]